Going places : Victor Hugo Green and his glorious book / written by Tonya Bolden ; illustrated by Eric Velasquez.

"As a mail carrier, Victor Hugo Green traveled across New Jersey every day. But with Jim Crow laws enforcing segregation since the late 1800s, traveling as a Black person in the US could be stressful, even dangerous. So in the 1930s, Victor created a guide--The Negro Motorist Green-Book--compiling i...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Bolden, Tonya (Author)
Other Authors: Velasquez, Eric (Illustrator)
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Quill Tree Books, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers, [2022]
Edition:First edition.
Series:MSU Children's & YA Literature Collection.
Subjects:
Green, Victor H. > Juvenile literature.
Letter carriers > Juvenile literature.
Travel > Guidebooks > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Travel > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African American automobile drivers > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Automobile travel > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Segregation in transportation > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Segregation > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Social conditions > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc. > Juvenile literature.
African American authors > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Travel writers > Biography > Juvenile literature.
Civil rights > United States > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
United States > Race relations > History > 20th century > Juvenile literature.
Black people > Segregation > United States > Juvenile literature.
Segregation > Black people > United States > Juvenile fiction.
Segregation > Black people > United States.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / History / United States / 20th Century.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / People & Places / United States / African American & Black.
JUVENILE NONFICTION / Social Topics / Prejudice & Racism.
African Americans > Juvenile literature.
Authors > Biography.
African Americans.
Letter carriers > Biography.
Discrimination in transportation.
Travel writers.
Travel.
Segregation in transportation.
Race relations.
Letter carriers.
Civil rights.
Black people > Segregation.
Automobile travel.
African Americans > Travel.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Segregation.
African Americans > Legal status, laws, etc.
African American automobile drivers.
African American authors.
United States.
1900-1999
Picture books.
Juvenile works.
Guidebooks.
Fiction.
Biographies.
History.
Genre:
Juvenile literature.
Guidebooks
Biography
Juvenile fiction.
Biography.
Picture books.
Juvenile works.
Guidebooks.
Fiction.
Biographies.
History.
Physical Description:1 volume (unpaged) : illustrations (chiefly color), color map ; 29 cm
Variant Title:
Victor Hugo Green and his glorious book
Format: Book

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